Actor Kevin Costner, left, and his children, from left, Anne, Joe and Lilly, arrive for the premiere of Costner's new film "For Love of the Game," in the Century City section of Los Angeles Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1999. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)

Kevin Costner stands with co-star Rene Russo at the premiere of their film, "Tin Cup" Thursday Aug. 1, 1996 in Los Angeles. "Tin Cup" is a comedy-drama about the relationships and competition set in the world of golf. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

"Draft Day" - the movie out in 2014 starring Kevin Costner - depicts the University of Wisconsin's football stadium, Camp Randall. The scene showing "Wisconsin" is actually DiSanto Field at Case Western Reserve University. It was filmed in 2013.

Actor and musician Kevin Costner meets some friends June 21, 2013 during a post concert party at Brothers Lounge in Cleveland with his band Modern West. Costner is in Cleveland for the filming of the movie "Draft Day". (John Kuntz / The Plain Dealer)

Actors,from left, Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner and Denis Leary appear at a news conference for the movie "Draft Day" in New York on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. The Seattle Seahawks play the Denver Broncos on Sunday at the stadium in the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

1958: If extreme weather meant the Browns would bring home a championship, Clevelanders would likely be chanting, "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." Unfortunately, much like in this 1958 loss to the New York Giants, even the weather didn't help. Pictured here: Pat Summerall kicked the game winning field goal against the Browns on Dec. 14. (Photo:...

If weather reports in the 1930's had used terms like polar vortex, then streetcars might have had no passengers such as these commuters who were braving the elements on November 23, 1938. (Perry Cragg / Cleveland News)

1976: Before break dancing was popular and before the use of the term polar vortex, this man's display on Public Square in downtown Cleveland was an unplanned slip on the ice, perhaps with artic conditions to blame. The photo was taken Dec. 21. (James Hatch / The Plain Dealer)

1961: Could the polar vortex have been responsible for the big freeze of Cleveland's central river? On January 30, 1961 the Cuyahoga River was frozen from its mouth all the way to Stone's Levee south of Eagle Avenue S.E. That was the first time in many years that such a thing had happened. The Eagle Avenue Bridge can be seen...

The severe winter weather of 1978 predated the use of the term polar vortex. Perhaps a vortex caused the wind gusts that ripped this tree out of the ground on Edgewater Drive on Jan. 26, 1978. No one was injured, but it crunched the cars like crackers, police said. (Photo: Special Collections, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University)

A frozen dock from the Fairport Harbor Port Authority Boat Launch was covered in ice at the mouth of the Grand River last January. The over night temperature had hit minus 9 degrees, minus 30 degrees with the wind chill. This photo is of Fairport Harbor, from Jan. 7, 2014. The Fairport Harbor Lighthouse stands above all the ice covered...

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